A Macintosh-II CAMAC multi-parameter data acquisition system for nuclear physics experiments

Author

Ashktorab, K. ; Roberts, David A. ; Hotz, D. ; Becchetti, F.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

838

Abstract

An Apple Macintosh-II CAMAC data acquisition system has been developed based on a Nubus crate controller with custom drivers and display software written in C. This system provides much enhancement performance (to several events/sec) relative to GPIB or RS232-based CAMAC systems. The software provides a user-friendly multiwindow environment with pull down menus, multiparameter grating, and event-mode recording. The MAC-II system has been effectively utilized in a number of experiments such as a search for cold-fusion from Ti+D/sub 2/ loading (and unloading) at cryogenic temperatures.<>

Keywords

Apple computers; CAMAC; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; microcomputer applications; physics computing; Apple Macintosh-II CAMAC data acquisition system; Nubus crate controller; custom drivers; display software; event-mode recording; multiparameter grating; pull down menus; user-friendly multiwindow environment; CAMAC; Collaborative software; Control systems; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Graphical user interfaces; Graphics; Nuclear physics; Software systems; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258854

Filename

258854